These awards are sponsored by the Air Force Historical Foundation, and are open to cadets in commissioning programs and to officers undergoing professional military education. Award winners are selected by a competitive process within each institution.
- Two Air Forces Award (2018) — Wing Commander D. Smathers, RAF
“Air-Land Integration in the Western Desert 1940-42”
Selection by the Royal Air Force Historical Society
- The Air War College Award (2018) — Mr. Fidelion O. Damian
“More Afraid of your Friends than the Enemy: Coalition Dynamics in the Korean War”
- Air Command and Staff College Award (2018) — Maj Brian Frederickson, USAF
“The Laird-Packard Way: Unpacking Defense Acquisition Policy”
- School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Award (2017) — Kyle Bressette
“Design at the Edge of the World: The Birth of American Air Intelligence in the China, Burma, India, and the Pacific Theaters during World War II”
- Air Force Academy Award (2018) — Cadet Second Class Robert Mahoney, USAF
“An American Air War over St. Mihiel”
- General Bryce Poe II Award (AFIT) (2019) — First Lieutenant Jeremiah M, Webb, USAF
“Comprehensive Study of Optimal Synergetic Skip Entries with Dynamic Thrust Vectoring Control”
- Air Force ROTC Award (2017) — Cadet James C. Cassell, USAF